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Hire some baboons
In the animal kingdom, baboons are masters of all they survey. Obsessed by status, they swagger around the place with puffed chests and an inordinate pride in their big red bottoms.
Pretty much like salespeople then.
Salespeople have a tendency to wind up the rest of a company. They don’t play by the rules, they can be arrogant, inconsiderate, boastful, greedy and lazy. Yet without them, your business is dead in the water. I say this with the greatest respect as a salesperson myself.
I heard of a leading magazine publisher going through hoops to keep their top salesman sweet. Flouting all company policies, he had previously managed to wangle himself a Porsche as his company car. But now he decided he wanted a Lamborghini. ...
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